“Constantly exposing yourself to popular culture and the mass media will ultimately shape your reality tunnel in ways that are not necessarily conducive to achieving your Soul Purpose and Life Calling. Modern society has generally ‘lost the plot’. Slavishly following its false gods and idols makes no sense in a spiritually aware life.” by Anthon St. Maarten. Misinformation is false or inaccurate information, especially when it is deliberately intended to deceive. An example of a well known topic is DACA, which stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Since it is a widespread topic, many media sources have covered the current actions being made to repeal DACA. Within the past year, media sources on the right and the left have written …show more content…
Three sources that demonstrate informing the general public are, Time for Trump to keep his promises: DACA is unconstitutional and Bad for American Workers, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Legislation Introduced by Barack Obama, and For Thousands of ‘Dreamers,’ It Has Been a Wild Ride. And It’s Not Over Yet. The first source is written by Fox News, which generally writes about moderate to strong conservative causes. Overall, Time for Trump to keep his promises: DACA is unconstitutional and Bad for American Workers, gives a minimal summary about what DACA is through the use of Trump’s comments. While Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Legislation Introduced by Barack Obama, is written by Student Resources and remains neutral. It gives a concise summary about what DACA is and describes how both Trump and Obama made contributions to DACA. The last source is written by The New York Times which is known to write with left-center bias opinions. The article gives a detailed summary of what DACA is and why it is important. The New York Times describe how Obama has had a great impact but bring up negative information when it comes to …show more content…
And It’s Not Over Yet, analyzes the effect of repealing DACA had on those who were involved with it. Both sources use their own political opinion by implementing specific details to make the reader become persuaded by the opinions of the publications. While Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Legislation Introduced by Barack Obama, Revisited during Trump Administration, September 5, 2017, writes a neutral approach. All three of these articles explain how DACA came to be and what it does. In the first source, Time for Trump to keep his promises: DACA is unconstitutional and Bad for American Workers, emphasizes a political right approach, using one-sided opinions that favor their political standpoint and misinformation. For Thousands of ‘Dreamers,’ It Has Been a Wild Ride. And It’s Not Over Yet, uses a left-center approach by using factual information containing loaded words to favor liberal causes. All the sources demonstrate how the reader should identify bias to prevent misinformation.The publication has published misleading reports and omit reporting of information that may damage conservative causes. Can be considered